On Deflecting-Armour-Plated Ships for Coast Defence

Working with alarms on ships ICT work on ships

Alarm indicators are a very simple and important user interface for many control tasks, and are known to be problematic. Alarms on ships have increased in number and importance. Recent incidents such as Savannah Express, Aquitaine and others have identified a number of important issues in the way that alarm systems support safe and effective work. The state of alarm systems onboard is inconsist...

Ballistic Impact on Ceramic/aramid Armour Systems

The ballistic performance of the lightweight armour systems was examined to obtain an estimate for the V50 and the global damage of the composite plates. All estimates were performed by varying the thickness of ceramic tiles, while maintaining equal areal density of the system. Simulation predictions and trial results is demonstrated both in terms of deformation and damage of the laminates and ...

The Pre-Blast Concept for use on Armour Materials

It can sometimes be difficult to determine whether vehicles damaged by blast loading are repairable in theatre or so significantly damaged that the hulls must be scrapped. The primary purpose of this investigation is to provide basic metallurgical data to assist in determining the criteria of failure. On top of this, it may be possible that blast loading may actually improve the performance of ...

The gold plated stomach?

Deflecting Reactance: The Role of Similarity in Increasing Compliance and Reducing Resistance DEFLECTING REACTANCE SILVIA

On the basis of the approach–avoid dynamics assumed by reactance theory (S. S. Brehm & J. W. Brehm, 1981) and other models (E. S. Knowles & J. A. Linn, 2004), it was predicted that interpersonal similarity can reduce reactance by increasing compliance and by reducing resistance. A communicator’s similarity to the participant was manipulated by identical first names and birthdays (Experiment 1) ...